TermWebIntegrator App

Owned by Aleksei Melnikov
Last updated: Nov 08, 2023 by Gustaf Sjögren
3 min read

Overview

TermWebIntegrator is an integration tool for transferring terminology data between TermWeb and a local MultiTerm termbase. It transfers updates of your terminological databases on a scheduled basis, without any need of manual interaction, allowing your entire organization to have access to consistent and correct terminology. Use TermWebIntegrator to:

  • Create a copy of your TermWeb dictionary in a local MultiTerm termbase
  • Automatically transfer new and updated entries from TermWeb to the local MultiTerm termbase
  • Transfer parts of TermWeb dictionaries to different MultiTerm termbases
  • Create new term suggestions in TermWeb when a new entry is created in the local MultiTerm termbase
  • Keep track of transferred entries using the built-in logging functionality

Versions

  • TermWebIntegrator 2.6 is the latest production version of the software.

Downloads

The latest version of the TermWeb Integrator is always available via our Customer Portal. If you are a vendor with a TermWeb customer, please ask your TermWeb administrator for help.

Requirements

Supported platforms

TermWebIntegrator 2.5+ can be installed on the following Windows machines:

  • Windows  7 / 8 / 10 / 11
  • Windows Server 2012 / 2012 R2 / 2016 / 2019 / 2022

Make sure to uninstall all earlier versions of TermWebIntegrator before installing a new version.

Trados Studio / MultiTerm support

The TermWeb Integrator version 2.5+ requires either having a corresponding Multiterm or Trados Studio application installed. Earlier versions of Integrator required both Multiterm and a separate Java client.

  • TermWebIntegrator 2.6 supports
    • Trados Studio (2022, 2021, 2019)
    • Multiterm (2022, 2021, 2019, 2017)
  • TermWebIntegrator 2.5 supports
    • Trados Studio (2021, 2019)
    • Multiterm (2021, 2019, 2017)
  • TermWebIntegrator 2.4.1 supports
    • Multiterm (2019, 2017, 2015)

When used together with MultiTerm Server, TermWebIntegrator should not be installed on the same computer as MultiTerm Server. It can connect to your MultiTerm Server from another computer in your network, as long as MultiTerm Desktop is installed on the same machine. User For MultiTerm Server a user account with administrator permissions is required for transferring of data from TermWeb to MultiTerm.

TermWeb server

  • All versions of the Integrator support TermWeb version 3.11 or later.

User

A dedicated TermWeb user account is recommended, since synchronizations will not run if the user is already logged in from another client. The user requires the View Concept permission in Permission Schemes to access Dictionaries/Sections available on TermWeb. To add term suggestions from MultiTerm-termbase, write permissions are required selected the selected section(s): Edit Concept, Create Concept, Create Term are also required.

Java Runtime

  • TermWebIntegrator versions 2.4.1 and earlier required a 32-bit Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version 6 or later. TermWebIntegrator versions 2.5 does not require this installation.

Installation/Upgrading

Requirements

Please have the latest version of the TermWeb Integrator downloaded. If you have the downloaded zip-file, please begin by unzipping the "TermWebIntegrator.exe"-file into any local folder.

Upgrading

If you have an earlier version of the TermWeb Integrator installed, please also uninstall this version first by using the Add or remove programs menu in Windows. You may need to close the TermWeb Integrator application first.

Note that any earlier created process, files and settings will be available after upgrading the Integrator.

Installation/Upgrading steps

  1. Double-click on the Integrator install file "TermWebIntegrator.exe".
  2. Follow the install wizard instructions as noted below.
    1. Select installation language (English or Swedish).
    2. Accept the End-User License Agreement.
    3. Choose a install location. For most users it is recommended that you do not change the pre-selected installation folder and just click Next >
      1. Note: TermWebIntegrator may not function if it is not installed on the same harddrive as your Trados or Multiterm installation.
    4. Click Install. You may be required to approve the installation as a Windows administrator to move on to the next step in the installation process.
      1. Note: It might take up to 1-2 minutes for the next page to load depending on your computer. Do not be worried if it looks like the Integrator has frozen or is not responding.
  3. Click the Finish button. The Launch TermWebIntegrator checkbox will be pre-selected to start the Integrator after your installation.

Troubleshooting/FAQ:

  • If you're unable to load the Connection settings due to "An unkown error occurred."
  1. Navigate to the TermWeb Integrator folder (note that <Windows Username> should be replaced with the Windows username of the user):
  2. C:\Users\<Windows Username>\AppData\Roaming\TermWeb\TermWebIntegrator
  3. Then rename the “settings.json”-file to anything else (like “settings2.json”).
  4. Then start the app. It should load without any default settings which should allow the user to input all the settings anew.


News

Deprecation of Multiterm 2015:

Users that were using Multiterm 2015 with the TermWebIntegrator 2.4 and 2.4.1 will no longer be able to do so in TermWebIntegrator version 2.5.

If the user does not need to keep any synchronization process, the user can delete the “settings.json” file after uninstalling their old version of the Integrator. This file is located in:

C:\Users<username>\AppData\Roaming\TermWeb\TermWebIntegrator

Where <username> is the Windows user name.

To keep any existing Synchronization processes the user must, after installation of the TermWebIntegrator 2.5, open the same “settings.json” file, mentioned above, in a text editor like Notepad. The file is located in:

Find and change the value "multiTermVersion":"DESKTOP2015" to "multiTermVersion":"DESKTOP2021" or the corresponding SDL Trados Version or Multiterm version that they’re switching to (i.e. DESKTOP2019 or DESKTOP2017).